Carriage-top



HALL & PATTEN.

Carriage-Top.

Patented Nov. 22, I859.

} Witnesses:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

A. J. HALL AND RUSSELL PATTEN, OF MORRISTO\VN, VERMONT.

CARRIAGE-TOP.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 26,183, dated November 22, 1859.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, A. J. HALL and RUSSELL PATTEN, of Morristown, in the county of Lamoille and State of Vermont, have invented a new and useful Mode of Constructing Carriage-Tops; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figures 1, 2, and 8 are perspective views representing the carriage top in different positions.

The nature of our invention consists in constructing the bows with joints in the manner hereinafter to be set forth, so that the desired stiffness will be given the top when spread by the bows themselves, and when folded the top will be packed close around the seat of the vehicle.

To enable others to construct and use our invention, we give the following description.

In Fig. l, of the drawings A, A, A, represents the arms and back of a carriage seat.

B, B, represents two bows for supporting a covering for the top of cloth or other material.

C, C, are ears of iron or other material for confining the terminations of the bows in such a manner as to enable them to move forward or backward in folding.

D, D, D, D, are folding joints by which the bows are enabled to be folded and dropped down upon the arms and back of the seat as represented in Fig. 2.

Fig. 3, represents the top thrown forward so that the front bow rests in a horizontal posit-ion, and the back bow, partially folded, the upper section standing perpendicular from the joints, at the front of the arms of the seat, thus covering the carriage in front, and forming a protection against storms or dust.

Having described our invention We claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The construction of bows for folding carriage tops with joints substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

WVitnesses J. N. SwAsnY,

DUDLEY GRoAs. 

